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Fun night last night in the snow

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:03 pm
by BobbleSmitty
Last night, me, my cousin, and some friends went out to Alpine Valley (a ski place) to go snow tubing. When we pulled in, I noticed that the front parking lot was somewhat full so I knew that the parking lot in the back is definately full. So I made the turn into the front parking lot and my cousin followed me with his camry. Turns out, the parking lot is basically a grass area in the summer time and not at all paved! I pull in while in 2 wheel drive and make it a bit past the parked cars. I guess where the other people were parked was as far as a normal car should go! Because right after that, the grass turns to 8 inches of mud! But I had no way of knowing this because there was over a foot of snow on the ground on top of it. So I ended up getting stuck in 2wd in the trenches that I created. So I put it in 4x4 and pulled out. This is the first time I really got to test the tires out!! They worked very well!! The funny part is that my cousin, in his camry, got his car stuck in my trenches! My friend and I were able to just push him out backwards. After getting my cousin unstuck, my other friend came driving into the parking lot with his Chrysler Pacifica and pulled right into the same trenches and sort of went in a little too far to push him out like we did for my cousin. So I got the tow rope out and pulled him out backwards! It was a fun night! :) But I was very pleased with my truck and how it handled the mud and snow!!

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:47 pm
by purduecrew
they are pretty good arent they?! my roommate finally admitted to me today that s10 was actually darn impressive.

we were out doing voluntary searches with the search crew for that missing student i talked about the other day along the wabash river in some fields. We were driving over ice fields basically, cuz the river was flooded for a while, then receeded leaving frozen lakes everywhere...well little did i realize they were deeper than we could tell, we figured 6 inches deep max. Well all the sudden my front end fell thru all the flippin way to the parkin lights :shock: another inch or two, water woulda been comin in the cab. Like you said bobblesmitty, it was a wild snow/ice/mud combo...

in the end however the ole crew wiggled its way back out...pictures of the mess in the morning, not to mention i just washed it yesterday :roll:

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:33 pm
by Walt
Mine impress me during/after Katrina. I found out how tough this little truck is as far as pulling goes :)

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:42 pm
by Grunto
Haha, I just got done pulling my brothers Honda out of a snowbank just moments ago. It was in pretty good too.

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:53 am
by WVHogRider
:cry: Must be nice Bobble. My trucks been at the dealership since Tuesday night to get the cruise control/oil leaks fixed under the warranty. :twisted: They gave me a POS 4 cyl. Malibu. :twisted:

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:30 am
by 04crewvt
I haven't towed anyone but it is nice to be able to pass cars that can't drive on snow.
I did do some 360's in work parking lot a couple of weeks ago just to keep in practice.Image

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:50 pm
by purduecrew
damage from the field :wink:

Image

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 1:13 pm
by BobbleSmitty
Good Work!

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:06 pm
by Walt
Nice :thumb:

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:43 pm
by F9K9
Walt wrote:Nice :thumb:
Image

Nice Job! I wish I could have attained a photo of my cc pulling that built up CJ out of a good mudhole that I had already traversed but, I believe Paul/Quickbiker was dead on when he said it is impossible to capture that particular moment rescuing a Heep. Am going to try to bribe my wife to follow me when I am in the Jeep. Maybe an unstaged photo of the event might be documented. Might cost me a bunch because I have alreay asked her to go over a curb :lol: You would have thought it was the Lion's Back or something technical :wink:

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:21 am
by purduecrew
any New Yorkers out there playing in the 100 inches of snow?!?! :lol:

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:07 pm
by WVHogRider
I was finally able to get some pics. I really need to take my camera along more!!!! I found this little snow pile to test my articulation on while going to my parent's house. ImageImage
I hope the pic. size is OK. I usually don't have much day light left when I get home to take pics./video.

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:59 pm
by huntsman2002crew
Hey i like those wheels...what are they

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:44 am
by WVHogRider
Centerline Sahara's (15x8, 5.5 bs)

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:32 am
by border man
Nice brush guard 8)

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:35 am
by purduecrew
two foot drifts SO FAR here today :D

supposed to be 12-14 inches total here b tonight, and its blowing like ALL H*LL!

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:00 am
by daevans315
purduecrew wrote:two foot drifts SO FAR here today :D

supposed to be 12-14 inches total here b tonight, and its blowing like ALL H*LL!
We miss the brunt of it here.. only about 8" on the ground.. I think.. its hard to tell. There are 1 and 2 foot drifts in the subdivision.

I took the password off my web cam looking out my front window for a while. Have a look see.

I don't want the link "googled" so I'm spacing it out. I think you guys can figure it out.

http://daevans315 DOT serveftp DOT com

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:43 am
by Snoman002
Hahahaha, watched your neighbor shoveling his driveway!

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:19 pm
by doughboy5499
Just got done blowing the driveway. OMG the wind ids something fierce. I wanted to get all the drifts out of the driveway. It is just going to pile back up but the more I get off now the less I will have to do later. Got off work and had to drop a buddy off that walked to work this morning. I pulled on to his unplowed street and he says "Are you gonna be able to get out?" The snow was up 3/4 of my tires. I pulled away and went to go find another street to make some tracks before heading home. What a blast!

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:15 pm
by huntsman2002crew
wqe got an inch...it sucks...i want at least a foot

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:42 pm
by BobbleSmitty
They closed my university for today and tomorrow!!!! We have plenty of snow!!!!!! At least a foot, if not more.

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:50 pm
by WVHogRider
We got 2 to 3 this morning, then rain, and now everything is freezing. :shock: Plus we're suppose to get 3 more inches on top of the ice tonight! :!: Might be a fun commute tomorrow, or not!!

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:14 pm
by 04crewvt
We are due for 12-24 inches starting sometime tonight with the brunt of it falling tomorrow after dawn. Supposed to be some high winds as well so the next couple of days should be interesting. I'll have to toss my camera in the truck in the morning with the rest of my emergency kit. I tossed an extra 100lbs ( ice melt) in the bed tonight and filled the gas tank. Got to break out my winter coat and boots to toss in the truck just in case.

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:12 pm
by purduecrew
well we have ended up with about 15 inches so far. I hit a few snowplow piles/drifts that were half way up the hood :idea:

too much fun! oh and i replaced my power steering pump. they said its worse here tonight than the blizzard of 78!!! i wasnt alive then, but they said the snow is deeper,thats kinda cool.

ok ok, ill go out and get pictures here in a bit and post em up! ive had so much fun wheelin i forgot to take pictures



saw the very first crew cab on campus other than mine today. it was black too, bone stock, had dealer tags on it. he was eyein me and playin around but the stock tires werent makin him too happy :lol: i tried to give stop him and give him the website but no such luck.

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:37 pm
by BobbleSmitty
I just got back in from snow blowing again...we surpassed the 2 foot mark!!! Kinda funny that at the time of my last post, about 5 hours ago, we only had about a foot. It's coming down like crazy. Every school is closed and even the Universities are closed. That rarely happens. And the weather man says that what we've gotten so far is less than what to expect tonight! I wonder how much snow I will wake up to tomorrow!!! It's exciting! :)

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:13 pm
by border man
Well, it was 68 here today and cloudy. lol

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:22 pm
by HenryJ
border man wrote:Well, it was 68 here today and cloudy. lol
Dang! Another tough winter for you too? Perhaps we should organize some relief efforts? Perhaps a truckload or two of snow from NY? :lol:

Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 6:09 pm
by BADs Crew
HenryJ wrote:
border man wrote:Well, it was 68 here today and cloudy. lol
Dang! Another tough winter for you too? Perhaps we should organize some relief efforts? Perhaps a truckload or two of snow from NY? :lol:
Something to keep your beer cold? :roflmao: